BETHANY JACOBSON
FILMMAKER & PHOTOGRAPHER
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    Hotel Bleu - OFFICIAL TRAILER
    01:35

    Hotel Bleu - OFFICIAL TRAILER

    "HOTEL BLEU" (26 minutes)
    26:46

    "HOTEL BLEU" (26 minutes)

    Written & directed by Bethany Jacobson. Starring Broadway veteran Julie Halston and jazz musician and composer Wayne Tucker. Award winning short film screened at numerous festivals. Won Bronze Remy at Houston Worldfest 2017 and Best Live Action Short Film at Louisianna International Film Festival. Distributed by First Focus International, Sofy TV and Go Indie TV.
    Lets Go Bowling
    19:50

    Lets Go Bowling

    An acrobatic painter confronts a myriad of eccentrics as she paints a wall. Shot in 16mm. Screened at New Orleans Film Festival, Upsalla International Film Festival (Sweden), The New Orleans Film Festival, Carolines Comedy Club, NYC & Les Recontres Cinematographiques des Film du Cirque in France.
    The Flea Theater: A Portrait
    28:53

    The Flea Theater: A Portrait

    Documentary (28 minutes, color) about the Off-Off Broadway theater, featuring Sigourney Weaver, Bill Murray, Liz Swados, Jay Gurney, Roger Rosenblatt and Thomas Bradshaw. Aired on PBS and screened at various film festivals.
    Jonathan Batiste and The Stay Human band at Joe's Pub 6/28/12
    15:06

    Jonathan Batiste and The Stay Human band at Joe's Pub 6/28/12

    Wonderful night of amazing music from Jon Batiste and Stay Human at Joe's Pub.
    Never Again, Again
    04:29

    Never Again, Again

    False Prophets music video for song "Never Again, Again". Aired on MTV in 1989. Filmed at Pyramid Club, Times Square and Downtown NYC.
    Counterstory: After Incarceration Trailer
    00:50

    Counterstory: After Incarceration Trailer

    Associate Producer & cinematographer. Short film about incarceration and re-entry, through the experience of formerly incarcerated college students and faculty. Premiered at the (In)Justice Film Festival, Chicago, October 2018. Screened at the Reentry Best Practices Symposium at Borough of Manhattan Community College, May 3, 2019
    Counterstory: After Incarceration
    24:52

    Counterstory: After Incarceration

    Associate Producer & Cinematographer. Half-hour documentary about two formerly incarcerated adults and the challenges they face acclimating to academic life after prison. Premiered at the (In)Justice Film Festival, Chicago, October 2018. Screened at the Reentry Best Practices Symposium at Borough of Manhattan Community College, May 3, 2019
    Raw Zones
    28:46

    Raw Zones

    "Raw Zones", written, directed and produced by Bethany Jacobson. This three channel synchronized video installation was exhibited for two months in Spring of 1987 at PS 1 in Long Island City. It was created in part at The Experimental Television Center and includes image processed footage.It was shot on East 7th Street between B&C. Set in the trenches of a modern day "war zone" this "punk opera" reinterprets the myth of Pandora. The walls of the installation are papered with archival stills of telecommunications systems used by IBM, ATT and NASA and the Dept of Defense. The director of photography was Babette Mangolte, known for her work with Chantal Ackerman and Sally Potter. The cast included East Village luminary Tuli Kupferberg of the infamous Fugs and Robert Watlington, veteran East Village artist and poet and the soundtrack was composed by Stephen Taylor, guitar accompanist for Allen Ginsburg.
    All Exits Final
    02:36

    All Exits Final

    Created at The Experimental Television Center in Owego, NY. Premiered at the World Wide Video Festival in Toronto. 1985